Steel Plant in United States. Approximate location 30.08228, -94.07503.
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Optimus Steel Beaumont plant is a steel plant in United States with a reported capacity of 750,000 t of steel. It produces crude steel from iron ore (blast furnace) or scrap (electric arc furnace). It is operated by Optimus Steel LLC. By capacity it ranks #54 of 75 steel plants tracked in United States. It emits about 54,896 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 12,796 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 86% below the median steel plant.
Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1567150.
На мощности 750,000 t of steel Optimus Steel Beaumont plant — это ниже медианная steel plant в United States (1,000,000 t of steel). Его выброс CO₂ на единицу мощности примерно на 35% ниже медианной steel plant. Подсектор: iron-and-steel. Как steel plant, оно требует высокотемпературного технологического тепла (обычно 800–1500°C) для основных промышленных операций — тепла, которое должно подаваться котлами, печами или прямым сжиганием, и потери через неизолированные сосуды и трубопроводы представляют потраченное впустую топливо. Съёмная модульная теплоизоляция может снизить эти потери на 80–96%, охладив поверхность оборудования до ≤45°C, с окупаемостью часто менее 2 лет. Сталелитейные заводы сжигают уголь в доменных печах или используют электрические дуги для плавления лома; в обоих случаях расплавленный металл должен находиться выше 1500°C и транспортироваться через обширные горячие трубопроводы и сосуды.
Сравнение производительности и интенсивности CO₂ рассчитано на основе данных промышленных объектов Climate TRACE; роль сектора основана на инженерных справочниках.
This facility's reported annual CO₂e in the everyday equivalents from the US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies calculator:
Equivalencies: US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies. Emissions: Climate TRACE.
Reported capacity (t of steel), Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0).
Operated by Optimus Steel LLC. All facilities by this operator →
Optimus Steel Beaumont plant sits in a humid subtropical climate zone (Köppen Cfa), at 30.1°N in the northern hemisphere.
Köppen zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).
The #54 largest of 75 steel plants in United States by reported capacity.
Coordinates 30.08228, -94.07503. View on OpenStreetMap.
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Optimus Steel Beaumont plant is a steel plant in United States. It produces crude steel from iron ore (blast furnace) or scrap (electric arc furnace).
Optimus Steel Beaumont plant has a reported capacity of 750,000 t of steel.
Optimus Steel Beaumont plant emits about 54,896 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 12,796 cars. That ranks #956 among tracked facilities in United States.
Optimus Steel Beaumont plant is in United States, near coordinates 30.08228, -94.07503.
Optimus Steel Beaumont plant is operated by Optimus Steel LLC.